Moving through Expressions

Moving the Cursor by Typing

You can use the keyboard to move the cursor forward or backward one character or one word at a time. You can also delete the character or word to the right or the left of the cursor, and you can move the cursor to the beginning or end of a line.

Getting out of an Expression

Move to the end of the next-higher subexpression by pressing Ctrl and Space at the same time.

Press Ctrl+Space repeatedly.

Selecting the Next Placeholder

Select the next placeholder by pressing the Tab key.

Pressing the Tab key.

Press Tab repeatedly.

Select the previous placeholder by pressing Shift and Tab at the same time.

Press Shift and Tab at the same time.

Press Shift+Tab repeatedly.

Switching Positions

Move back and forth between complementary positions by pressing Ctrl+5 or Ctrl+%.